- vexatious action
- vexatious action UK US noun [C or U] LAW► FRIVOLOUS ACTION(Cf. ↑frivolous action)
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vexatious action
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Vexatious litigation — is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter … Wikipedia
vexatious litigation — n. A lawsuit brought without probable cause, out of malice toward the opposing party. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. vexatious litigation … Law dictionary
vexatious litigant — a person who brings actions with no reasonable chance of success with the object of causing annoyance to opponents; such actions may be struck out, and the court may order, on application of the Attorney General, that no further legal proceedings … Law dictionary
Vexatious stalking — is a term for a fabricated false criminal accusation(s) by a stalker, which is brought regardless of its merit, solely to harass or subdue a victim. Vexatious stalkers may use manipulative behavior in order to have the victim falsely arrested or… … Wikipedia
vexatious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing annoyance or worry. 2) Law denoting an action or the bringer of an action that is brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant … English terms dictionary
vexatious proceeding — Proceeding instituted maliciously and without probable cause. Paramount Pictures v. Blumenthal, 256 App.Div. 756, 11 N.Y.S.2d 768, 772. Type of malicious prosecution differing principally because based on civil action exists when the party… … Black's law dictionary
vexatious — adjective 1》 causing annoyance or worry. 2》 Law (of an action) brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant. Derivatives vexatiously adverb vexatiousness noun … English new terms dictionary
vexatious — adj. 1 such as to cause vexation. 2 Law not having sufficient grounds for action and seeking only to annoy the defendant. Derivatives: vexatiously adv. vexatiousness n … Useful english dictionary
frivolous action — ➔ action * * * frivolous action UK US noun [C or U] (also vexatious action) LAW ► a legal action that is not based on serious facts, but is often started in order to embarrass or annoy the defendant (= person or company accused), and is not… … Financial and business terms
vex|a´tious|ness — vex|a|tious «vehk SAY shuhs», adjective. 1. vexing; annoying: »a vexatious interruption of an interesting conversation. 2. Law. brought with insufficient grounds for the purpose of causing trouble to the defendant: »a vexatious action.… … Useful english dictionary
